The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's "own" or read more

The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's "own" or "real" life. The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy.

It snows at sea.. quiet.... falls in flakes * melting designs**
leave form for All.

It snows at sea.. quiet.... falls in flakes * melting designs**
leave form for All.

And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction.

And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction.

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.

If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is read more

The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created--created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination. -John Schaar.